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- Exploring brand reputation in sustainable undergraduate enrollment at a public American university.
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- Aboagye, Bright Da-Costa
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The decrease in the college-going population, along with the deregulation of the higher education sector has contributed to the consistent decline in undergraduate enrollment in several American universities and colleges, including the research site for this study. The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (NSC Research Center, 2019) reported that the total enrollment of college students in the United States has decreased for 8 successive years (2011-2019), resulting in the closure...
Show moreThe decrease in the college-going population, along with the deregulation of the higher education sector has contributed to the consistent decline in undergraduate enrollment in several American universities and colleges, including the research site for this study. The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (NSC Research Center, 2019) reported that the total enrollment of college students in the United States has decreased for 8 successive years (2011-2019), resulting in the closure or merger of some higher educational institutions. Scholars and strategic management professionals have proposed the use of strategic resources to help institutions achieve sustainable enrollment growth. Using a qualitative case study approach and the resourcebased view theory (RBV) as a theoretical framework, the study explored how select administrative stakeholders in a public university leverage brand reputation as a strategic resource for achieving sustainable undergraduate enrollment growth in the Southeastern United States. The RBV comprises four constructs (valuable, rare, inimitable, organize) that describe resources essential to distinguish an institution's brand. Eight participants were purposefully selected and interviewed. Findings from the study revealed that the administrative stakeholders employed several brand strategies including creating consistent brand messages, exploiting visual identity, highlighting high-impact practices, and leveraging the university's historic and geographic location to ensure sustainable enrollment. This study can inform higher educational leaders on how to strategically re-align their brand reputation management strategies to achieve long-term enrollment sustainability. Since this study's findings may be more relevant to public sector institutions, future studies can explore the same phenomenon among proprietary and faithbased institutions.
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- 1294314098, WFE0000771
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- Document (PDF)
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- Undated Resolutions, ca. 1922-1928.
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Three page handwritten resolutions stating that the KKK is an important American patriotic institution composed of native white American citizens and that history textbooks read by the youth need to reflect those same ideals held by them. The letter further mentions that as held by Klan 57 of Pensacola, they are against the permitting of people of "whatever faith" from teaching and telling "our youth" things "contrary or derogatory to the facts".
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- uwf_ht_00.84.26
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- Document (PDF)
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- Membership Card for Escambia Klan No. 57, expired September 30, 1926.
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Membership card for Klan 57 of Pensacola, Florida dated September 30, 1926. The card has no assigned name and has the numbers 1069 in the lower left hand corner.
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- uwf_ht_w.102.1439.b
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- Image (JPEG)
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- KKK Membership Card April, 1 1928.
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Membership card for Klan 57 of Pensacola, Florida dated April 1, 1928. The card has no assigned name but includes I.E. Phillips listed as the Grand Dragon.
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- uwf_ht_w.102.1439.c
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- Image (JPEG)
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- Membership Card for Florida Klan No. 57 expired April 1, 1928.
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Membership card for Klan 57 of Pensacola, Florida dated July 1,1928. The card has no assigned name but includes I.E. Phillips listed as the Grand Dragon.
- Identifier
- uwf_ht_w.102.1439.a
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- Image (JPEG)
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- Ku Klux Klan Ledger.
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This ledger book documents membership and activities of the Ku Klux Klan in Pensacola between 1922 and 1925. It includes a chronological list that documents payment of initiation fees, membership dues, special assessments, and the purchase of robes between October 1922 and December 1924. The ledger also includes financial information for the 1923-1924 fiscal year, meeting minutes for February to June 1925, an undated list of 487 members and their assigned robe number, as well as several...
Show moreThis ledger book documents membership and activities of the Ku Klux Klan in Pensacola between 1922 and 1925. It includes a chronological list that documents payment of initiation fees, membership dues, special assessments, and the purchase of robes between October 1922 and December 1924. The ledger also includes financial information for the 1923-1924 fiscal year, meeting minutes for February to June 1925, an undated list of 487 members and their assigned robe number, as well as several miscellaneous lists. Every page of this handwritten, disorganized ledger, including the front and rear covers, has been scanned. Pages 108-118 were removed from the ledger. The back cover includes the title: “T.T. Wentworth Jr., Bicycles Sporting Goods.”
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- uwf_ht_2016.035.0448, uwf_ht_2016.035.0448
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- Document (PDF)
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- Wills Case Documents, 1924.
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Collection of minutes for the Wills case within the Klan. Case documents include the initial letter from R.C. Willis listing the charges he is bringing against Klansmen James R. Carroll as well as 14 pages of minutes that include affidavits and additional exhibits submitted for the case.
- Identifier
- uwf_ht_2016.035.0868.a-p
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- Document (PDF)
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- Wills Case Ballots.
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Collection of the verdict votes cast by Klan members for the Wills case. Ballots were collected within paper packet and contain 15 guilty and 1 not guilty vote. Votes have no names attached to them thought eh packet does have Tom Wentworth stamped on the front and T.T. Wentworth, Jr. Inc. on the back. Also contained in the packet are three KKK membership promotion cards named for H. Whitaker, R.C. Wills, and S. L. (Last name indecipherable).
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- uwf_ht_2016.035.0867.a-s
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- Document (PDF)
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- HIGH INTENSITY INTERVAL TRAINING IN A NATURAL SETTING: A HOPE THEORY APPLICATION.
- Author
- Howard, Maureen Walton
- Abstract/Description
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The problem addressed in this study was lack of research focused on people performing high intensity interval training (HIIT) in natural rather than laboratory settings. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to use hope theory to examine real-life experiences of adults performing HIIT in an outdoor boot camp. Data were collected through field observations and semi-structured interviews with 10 female and 6 male adults (14 Caucasians, 1 African American, 1 Asian American) ranging in...
Show moreThe problem addressed in this study was lack of research focused on people performing high intensity interval training (HIIT) in natural rather than laboratory settings. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to use hope theory to examine real-life experiences of adults performing HIIT in an outdoor boot camp. Data were collected through field observations and semi-structured interviews with 10 female and 6 male adults (14 Caucasians, 1 African American, 1 Asian American) ranging in age from 26 to 58 years participating in a HIIT boot camp program. Interviews focused on HIIT experiences, ratings of perceived exertion (RPE) during HIIT, and life histories of exercise and weight control. The case study parameters included participants in HIIT classes at four boot camp locations. Hope theory constructs of goals, willpower, and waypower were developed to explain behavioral effects of possessing varying levels of hope. Hope theory constructs and the study of HIIT were linked through the common aspects of hope that exist in all goal pursuits. Major findings linked to theory constructs include high levels of hope in HIIT participants, enjoyable HIIT participation by individuals of varying body types and fitness levels, the evolving and expanding nature of participants' HIIT goals, the importance of social support in performance of difficult HIIT workouts, and the effect of hope on the ability to maintain goal pursuit in spite of obstacles. Future research should explore HIIT in community settings to complement this study's exploration of HIIT in a private setting.
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- 2018
- Identifier
- WFE0000617, uwf:61317
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- Document (PDF)
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- MOTIVATIONS AND STRATEGIES TO ADOPT HEALTHY LIFESTYLE HABITS: AN INTERPRETATIVE PHENOMENOLOGICAL ANALYSIS.
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- Dyehouse, Sara Kay, Bagwell, Diane, Malisa, Mark, Mensah, Wisdom, University of West Florida
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Three percent or less of American adults practice five basic lifestyle habits that promote longevity and well-being: good nutrition, regular physical activity, healthy weight maintenance, no tobacco use, and moderate alcohol consumption. Framed by the transtheoretical model of behavior change, this study explored what motivated 12 demographically diverse adults to adopt the five basic healthy lifestyle practices, what strategies they used to adopt and sustain them, how they reevaluated their...
Show moreThree percent or less of American adults practice five basic lifestyle habits that promote longevity and well-being: good nutrition, regular physical activity, healthy weight maintenance, no tobacco use, and moderate alcohol consumption. Framed by the transtheoretical model of behavior change, this study explored what motivated 12 demographically diverse adults to adopt the five basic healthy lifestyle practices, what strategies they used to adopt and sustain them, how they reevaluated their sense of "self" after deciding to adopt them, and how they negotiated their self-care needs in relation to the needs of others. From an interpretative phenomenological analysis, the data revealed motivations based on a desire for holistic wellness and long-term health, which were influenced by the participants' family members, who served either as positive role models or as negative examples of poor lifestyle choices. Other motivations included childhood interests in sports, desires to be role models for others, desires to perform well in careers that demanded mental and physical fitness, and the use of physical fitness as a stress reliever. Regarding the strategies used to achieve their goals, the participants reported using eight of the 10 processes of change identified by the transtheoretical model. Participants described the self-reevaluation and self-liberation processes as instrumental in the progression from contemplation to preparation or action. Finally, participants revealed conflicted feelings about prioritizing their own self-care needs, but their strong desires to live long, holistically healthy lives motivated them to balance their needs among their many other responsibilities.
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- 2018
- Identifier
- WFE0000605, uwf:61316
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- Document (PDF)
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- AN EXAMINATION OF WEANING AND CHILDHOOD PALAEODIET IN BOGOZ, TRANSYLVANIA, USING STABLE CARBON AND NITROGEN ISOTOPE ANALYSIS.
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- Voas, Maddeline Rendell
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The Reformed Church cemetery in Bogoz, Transylvania, was in use from the 12th to 19th centuries AD. Excavations of this church cemetery took place in 2009 and 2012 as rescue work during renovations of the church and church grounds, including the historic cemetery. Stable isotope analysis was conducted using both bone collagen and dentine collagen from deciduous and permanent tooth roots. The samples came from 23 non-adult skeletons ranging in ages from 36-38 weeks to 18 years. The...
Show moreThe Reformed Church cemetery in Bogoz, Transylvania, was in use from the 12th to 19th centuries AD. Excavations of this church cemetery took place in 2009 and 2012 as rescue work during renovations of the church and church grounds, including the historic cemetery. Stable isotope analysis was conducted using both bone collagen and dentine collagen from deciduous and permanent tooth roots. The samples came from 23 non-adult skeletons ranging in ages from 36-38 weeks to 18 years. The palaeodietary analysis was conducted in an effort to learn more about the rural diet of children in Medieval Szekely culture during the periods of breastfeeding and weaning. The 15N dentine results (10.2% to 15.2%) and 13C dentine results (-19.6% to -12.6%) establish a large range in non-adult values that corresponds with age-related changes in palaeodiet as periods of breastfeeding, weaning, and childhood diet. It appears that infants, on average, were fully weaned by age three or four and were fed primarily C3 based resources in the form of weaning gruels, such as wheat, oats, or rye. Children were most likely consuming more terrestrial animal proteins in the form of milk, but carbon values were similar to those of adults.
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- 2018
- Identifier
- WFE0000642, uwf:61315
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- Document (PDF)
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- CHARACTERIZING HS1-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN X-1'S (HAX1) ROLE IN REGULATING ARP2/3-HS1 INTERACTIONS IN NEUTROPHILS.
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- Stroupe, Adam Huntley
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Neutrophils are the most abundant type of white blood cell and are part of the innate immune system. They are the first line of defense against fungal and bacterial infections. Dysfunctional neutrophils cause disorders in the immune system, including Kostmann syndrome, a severe congenital neutropenia, which is a life-threatening disease that affects 1 in 200,000 individuals. Persons with Kostmann syndrome have low peripheral neutrophil counts and develop life threatening infections. A loss-of...
Show moreNeutrophils are the most abundant type of white blood cell and are part of the innate immune system. They are the first line of defense against fungal and bacterial infections. Dysfunctional neutrophils cause disorders in the immune system, including Kostmann syndrome, a severe congenital neutropenia, which is a life-threatening disease that affects 1 in 200,000 individuals. Persons with Kostmann syndrome have low peripheral neutrophil counts and develop life threatening infections. A loss-of-function mutation in the gene HAX1 has shown to cause Kostmann syndrome. HS1-associated protein X-1 (Hax1) was first discovered as a protein that interacts with HS1, a hematopoietic-specific actin-regulatory adapter protein important for actin assembly, branching, and filament stabilization. However, there remains a significant lack in understanding for Hax1 involvement in cytoskeletal rearrangement during chemotaxis that contributes to Kostmann syndrome. Specifically, it remains uncertain how Hax1 interacts with HS1 during cytoskeletal rearrangement and what regulates this interaction. By using a neutrophil model cell line (PLB-985), we can study neutrophil function and intracellular signaling via cell imaging, genetic manipulation, and biochemical analysis. Using PLB-985 cells deficient in Hax1 via shRNA knockdown, we found increased interaction between HS1 and arp2/3 via coimmunoprecipitation in the absence of fMLF relative to control shRNA expressing cells. The loss of Hax1 did not affect localization of HS1, arp2/3, and actin to the leading edge of neutrophils undergoing chemotaxis. These data suggest that Hax1 is a negative regulator of HS1- arp2/3 interactions.
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- 2018
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- WFE0000638, uwf:61314
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- Document (PDF)
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- EXAMINING ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT, LIMINALITY, AND STRAIN AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS.
- Author
- Springer, Evan Kyle
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The purpose of the present study was to examine academic misconduct, liminality, and strain among college students. This study utilized a quantitative approach to collect data from Sample A and Sample B populations at a public, regional, four-year university in the southeastern United States. Sample A participants consisted of a randomized sample of enrolled students at the sample site. Sample B participants consisted of students who had been found responsible for violating the sample site's...
Show moreThe purpose of the present study was to examine academic misconduct, liminality, and strain among college students. This study utilized a quantitative approach to collect data from Sample A and Sample B populations at a public, regional, four-year university in the southeastern United States. Sample A participants consisted of a randomized sample of enrolled students at the sample site. Sample B participants consisted of students who had been found responsible for violating the sample site's academic misconduct policy. Each sample population completed a survey that consisted of nine academic misconduct items, 17 liminality items, and 17 strain items. The study utilized descriptive statistics and OLS regression modeling to analyze the data. A key finding of the study was unexpected: 44% of participants from Sample B indicated that they had never engaged in academic misconduct, even though all Sample B participants had been formally adjudicated and found responsible for academic misconduct at the sample site. Only 17% of Sample A participants indicated that they had engaged in academic misconduct. Finally, in a comparison of Sample A and Sample B participants regarding liminality and strain measures, OLS regression models revealed that college student age, race, sexual orientation, GPA, residence, and low self-confidence were significantly related to academic misconduct, liminality, and strain.
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- 2018
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- WFE0000637, uwf:61313
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- Document (PDF)
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- ONLINE DOCTORAL STUDENT SATISFACTION AS INFLUENCED BY PERSONALITY AND TRANSACTIONAL DISTANCE.
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- Vaughn, Shelby Duncan, Schutts, Joshua, Johnson, Kathrine, Holdnak, Andrew, University of West Florida
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Online learning remains a convenient educational delivery route for students; however, universities continue to report high attrition rates, specifically in Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) programs. High attrition rates leave universities and students with financial and emotional consequences. In previous studies, researchers identified student satisfaction as a contributor to attrition. Within student satisfaction studies, researchers discovered that interaction and personality traits could...
Show moreOnline learning remains a convenient educational delivery route for students; however, universities continue to report high attrition rates, specifically in Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) programs. High attrition rates leave universities and students with financial and emotional consequences. In previous studies, researchers identified student satisfaction as a contributor to attrition. Within student satisfaction studies, researchers discovered that interaction and personality traits could predict satisfaction. To examine these relationships, the researcher framed the quantitative, correlational research study using the theory of transactional distance. During the theory's 1993 introduction, Moore placed specific focus on the constructs of autonomy, dialogue, and structure. Theoretical revisions placed a greater emphasis on the dialogic interaction sub-constructs that consisted of student-content, student-interface, student-instructor, and student-student interactions. Through robust regression analyses, data obtained from 169 online Ed.D. students enrolled at 11 Southeastern U's. public universities revealed positive, statistically significant relationships (R2 = .77, F(11, 157) = 46.81, p < .05) among the predictor and outcome variables. Additionally, honesty-humility and openness to experience positively mediated dialogic interaction and program satisfaction relationships. The study's results add to the limited amount of literature on online Ed.D. student program satisfaction. Additionally, study results can provide all Ed.D. program stakeholders with strategies for assessment, for the identification of online program areas in need of improvements, and for implementation of appropriate interactive teaching aids and educational activities necessary for improving student program satisfaction and retention rates.
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- 2018
- Identifier
- WFE0000640, uwf:61312
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- Document (PDF)
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- HOME IS WHERE THE ARTIFACTS ARE: AN ANALYSIS OF A 19TH CENTURY CABIN AT ARCADIA MILL IN MILTON, FLORIDA.
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- Sims, Katherine Morgan
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The Arcadia Mill industrial complex of northwest Florida was once a thriving commercial enterprise that included over 100 enslaved individuals. In the southern uplands overlooking the industrial complex was the Simpson family "Big House" and a small population of domestic slaves. These slaves are scarcely documented in the historical record and little is known about their daily lives. This research is focused on a double pen cabin located in close proximity to the Big House and attempts to...
Show moreThe Arcadia Mill industrial complex of northwest Florida was once a thriving commercial enterprise that included over 100 enslaved individuals. In the southern uplands overlooking the industrial complex was the Simpson family "Big House" and a small population of domestic slaves. These slaves are scarcely documented in the historical record and little is known about their daily lives. This research is focused on a double pen cabin located in close proximity to the Big House and attempts to extract information from a portion of the site that has undergone both disturbance and reuse over a period of 170 years. Both shovel and auger test samples across the project area were analyzed to offer an updated interpretation of the structure. Archaeological evidence supports the presence of a swept front yard, though the boundaries of the space could not be conclusively determined. Using a Geographic Information System (GIS) statistical analysis to isolate artifacts manufactured in the early 19th century, multiple activity areas within the yard were identified. Artifact distribution maps revealed a correlation between activity and the Big House viewshed. This finding combined with a ceramic analysis and consideration of landscape theory is used to assert that the original occupants of the cabin were likely domestic slaves who serviced the Big House.
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- 2018
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- WFE0000636, uwf:61311
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- CHARACTERIZATION OF FISH COMMUNITIES IN THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA COASTAL DUNE LAKES USING ENVIRONMENTAL DNA METABARCODING.
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- VanTassel, Nichelle Marie
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Coastal Dune Lakes (CDL) are rare aquatic habitats worldwide. Northwest Florida Coastal Dune Lakes (NWFLCDL) are even more rare and unique habitats due to their characteristic intermittent connection to the Gulf of Mexico. These intermittent connections can cause temporary estuarine environments. While there are policies in place to help protect and preserve the lakes and their surrounding area, little is known about the fish communities of NWFCDL. As traditional sampling to monitor fish...
Show moreCoastal Dune Lakes (CDL) are rare aquatic habitats worldwide. Northwest Florida Coastal Dune Lakes (NWFLCDL) are even more rare and unique habitats due to their characteristic intermittent connection to the Gulf of Mexico. These intermittent connections can cause temporary estuarine environments. While there are policies in place to help protect and preserve the lakes and their surrounding area, little is known about the fish communities of NWFCDL. As traditional sampling to monitor fish communities can be costly and timeintensive, this project aimed to characterize and monitor the fish communities of the NWFLCDL using environmental DNA from water samples and metabarcoding. Metabarcoding involves using generalist molecular markers to describe diversity within a specific taxonomic group. Seventy-two samples across 19 lakes were sequenced using Illumina HiSeq. Bar charts were used to display composition of operational taxonomic units (OTUs) spatially and temporally. Nutrient (phosphorus, nitrogen, chlorophyll concentration) and water quality data (specific conductance, temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, turbidity, salinity) from previous studies and measurements taken in the field were used to describe how abiotic factors relate to the fish communities in the NWFLCDL. This project provides a baseline of information necessary to stress the importance of preserving unique habitats.
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- 2018
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- WFE0000639, uwf:61310
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- AN ANALYSIS OF HISTORICAL STRUCTURALISM AND THE REIGN OF ALFRED THE GREAT.
- Author
- Vittetoe, William Lewis
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The reign of Alfred the Great has been a cultural touchstone for scholarly work, national identity, and personal significance for over a millennia. This thesis examines the conception of King Alfred as the founder of England and English identity using the theory of historical structuralism developed by William Sewell. Using structuralist theory, this paper conducts an analysis of the material and textual aspects of Alfred the Great's monarchy including interpretation of The Anglo-Saxon...
Show moreThe reign of Alfred the Great has been a cultural touchstone for scholarly work, national identity, and personal significance for over a millennia. This thesis examines the conception of King Alfred as the founder of England and English identity using the theory of historical structuralism developed by William Sewell. Using structuralist theory, this paper conducts an analysis of the material and textual aspects of Alfred the Great's monarchy including interpretation of The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Asser's Life of King Alfred, military reforms, and the administrative structure of Wessex.
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- 2018
- Identifier
- WFE0000641, uwf:61309
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- Document (PDF)
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- MUSIC AND PUNCTUATION: BLENDING FORMAL AND RHETORICAL GRAMMAR.
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- Griffith, Kara Joy, Sakalarios-Rogers, Regina, James, Susan, University of West Florida
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Formal grammar pedagogy, the traditional method of teaching grammar, has received largely negative feedback from students and teachers because of its mundane subject matter and presentation. While rhetorical grammar is an alternative to formal grammar, my thesis utilizes both of these pedagogies' strengths: formal grammar's focus on grammatical knowledge and rhetorical grammar's focus on grammatical ability. My project is a classroom lesson that combines formal and rhetorical grammar to show...
Show moreFormal grammar pedagogy, the traditional method of teaching grammar, has received largely negative feedback from students and teachers because of its mundane subject matter and presentation. While rhetorical grammar is an alternative to formal grammar, my thesis utilizes both of these pedagogies' strengths: formal grammar's focus on grammatical knowledge and rhetorical grammar's focus on grammatical ability. My project is a classroom lesson that combines formal and rhetorical grammar to show that these two pedagogies must work together to be the best means of improving students' grammar. Specifically, the lesson is a music and punctuation exercise that allows students to experiment with different types of punctuation by translating musical sounds into punctuation marks on lyric sheets. The exercise is followed by a small group and then class discussion in which I teach students the grammar rules for each punctuation mark they use, emphasizing that these rules are specific to a formal context. By incorporating formal and rhetorical grammar in the lesson, my project successfully shows students the differences in writing contexts and how punctuation changes based on that context.
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- 2018
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- WFE0000609, uwf:61308
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- Document (PDF)
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- TRAINING MINDFULNESS AND CONCENTRATION TO IMPROVE SITUATION AWARENESS AND ATTENTION IN OLDER DRIVERS.
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- Duany, John Marshall, Kass, Steven J., Mikulas, William L., Guttmann, Rodney P., University of West Florida
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Older adults were recruited from a retirement community to participate in a driving simulation with the inclusion of a meditation training course in either mindfulness or concentration. Driving performance data were gathered via the simulation program and by the researcher prior to and after meditation training. Questionnaires (Attention Related Driving Errors Scale, Cognitive Failures Questionnaire-Driving, Concentration Scale, and Mindful Attention Awareness Scale) were also distributed and...
Show moreOlder adults were recruited from a retirement community to participate in a driving simulation with the inclusion of a meditation training course in either mindfulness or concentration. Driving performance data were gathered via the simulation program and by the researcher prior to and after meditation training. Questionnaires (Attention Related Driving Errors Scale, Cognitive Failures Questionnaire-Driving, Concentration Scale, and Mindful Attention Awareness Scale) were also distributed and completed before training. No differences in driving performance were found between the mindfulness and concentration groups, although there was an improvement of braking time and lane maintenance errors for both groups from the first to second run of the driving simulation. As an early investigation of the differences between concentration and mindfulness meditation, results did not support that one form of meditation is better suited than another in this study. Future studies would include testing the extent to which addition of meditation training to a supplemental driving program could improve driver safety.
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- 2018
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- WFE0000604, uwf:61307
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- Document (PDF)
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- A COMPARATIVE CLIMATOLOGY OF TORNADO OUTBREAKS AND OUTBREAK VARIABILITY IN THE UNITED STATES.
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- Foglietti, Rebecca Vizzi
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In the U.S.A., tornado outbreaks contribute to hundreds of fatalities and cause considerable physical and monetary damages annually. Historically, tornadoes, and particularly tornado outbreaks, have been poorly understood in terms of physical processes and spatiotemporal variability. One source of this uncertainty is the lack of an objective definition of "tornado outbreak." The aims of this study were to examine the spatiotemporal variability in historic U's. tornado outbreaks using...
Show moreIn the U.S.A., tornado outbreaks contribute to hundreds of fatalities and cause considerable physical and monetary damages annually. Historically, tornadoes, and particularly tornado outbreaks, have been poorly understood in terms of physical processes and spatiotemporal variability. One source of this uncertainty is the lack of an objective definition of "tornado outbreak." The aims of this study were to examine the spatiotemporal variability in historic U's. tornado outbreaks using different definitions of the term "tornado outbreak." The potential associations between outbreak variability and eastern tropical Pacific SST variability were also investigated. We find that over the period 1975-2014, "Tornado Outbreak Alley" is centered in northern Alabama. Additionally, outbreak activity exhibited increasing trends with time for Winter, Spring, and Fall according to four of five outbreak records. State-level linkages to winter ENSO influences, focused generally in the Southeast, may indicate the tropical Pacific as a forcing factor in U's. outbreak variability. We demonstrate both the contrasts in outbreak records that result from different definitions of outbreak, and that outbreak activity appears to be increasing, regardless of definition.
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- 2018
- Identifier
- WFE0000608, uwf:61306
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- Document (PDF)
